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Release of fifth ‘Indiana Jones’ movie pushed to 2021

NEW YORK – Indiana Jones won’t be swinging back into movie theaters until at least 2021. The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday announced that the planned fifth installment in the “Indian...

DATE: Jul 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Fire at recycling plant fouls air north of downtown Denver

DENVER – Firefighters are battling a large blaze at a metal recycling facility just north of downtown Denver that sent up a large, black plume of smoke that could be seen for miles. ...

DATE: Jul 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

NFL players union files grievance over anthem policy

NEW YORK – The NFL Players Association filed a grievance with the league on Tuesday challenging its national anthem policy. The union says that the new policy, which the league im...

DATE: Jul 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Aryan Brotherhood leader dies at Supermax prison in Colorado

PUEBLO – A leader of a white-supremacist prison gang has died while incarcerated at a federal Supermax prison in Colorado. The Pueblo Chieftain reports Barry “The Baron” Mills was...

DATE: Jul 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Former Colorado teacher acknowledges sexually assaulting students

AURORA â€“ A former suburban Denver middle school teacher has acknowledged sexually assaulting multiple students over several years. The Aurora Sentinel reports Brian Vasquez plea...

DATE: Jul 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation company buys partial ownership in Four Corners Power Plant

FARMINGTON – Navajo Transitional Energy Company has acquired a 7 percent ownership interest in units 4 and 5 of the Four Corners Power Plant. NTEC purchased the partial ownership ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Drone joins search for hiker in Rocky Mountain National Park

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK â€“ Search crews are now using a drone to look for a hiker missing in Rocky Mountain National Park. Park spokeswoman Kyle Patterson said Monday that 2...

DATE: Jul 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Management shift begins at U.S. nuclear weapons lab in New Mexico

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – The U.S. government has cleared the way for a new management team to begin taking over one of the nation’s top nuclear weapons laboratories. The National Nuclea...

DATE: Jul 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Prosecutors: New Mexico officer preyed on woman, teen

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico state police officer is facing charges after prosecutors say he tried to give methamphetamine to a woman and marijuana to a 16-year-old girl. The Albuqu...

DATE: Jul 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Oil company close to finalizing 3,000 leases in Carlsbad

CARLSBAD, N.M. – An Artesia-based oil company is close to finalizing numerous leases with mineral rights owners in Carlsbad as it moves ahead with plans to drill under the southeastern New M...

DATE: Jul 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

3 arrested in connection with Colorado wildfire

The Latest on the wildfires around the West (all times local): 8:52 a.m. Three people have been arrested for allegedly starting a Colorado wildfire by leaving an unauth...

DATE: Jul 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bodies found in home ID’d as ex-reporter, long-dead husband

GALLUP, N.M. – Two dead bodies found inside a Gallup home have been identified as a 38-year-old former newspaper reporter and her 62-year-old husband, who had died in 2016. The Ga...

DATE: Jul 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News